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22 May 2013
TUNISIA
Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler arrested for ‘immoral gestures’
Tunisian member of radical feminist group FEMEN was arrested Sunday after allegedly attempting to stage a topless protest. Sara Yasin reports.
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/05/free-expression-in-the-news-13/
Notes from the Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development, held at Münchenbryggeriet (The Brewery) at Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden, May 22-23, 2013.
http://ictlogy.net/20130522-sif13-i-internet-freedom-in-the-global-debate-mapping-the-state-of-play/
Leading Tunisian political parties continued the national dialogue on Tuesday (May 7th), focusing on ways to address violence.
The meeting followed a deal last week where parties reached a consensus on power sharing after Ennahda proposed that the presidency and the prime minister split control of the executive.
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2013/05/08/feature-03
Participants in Tunisia’s second national dialogue condemned all forms of post-revolution violence, stressing that only the state had the right to use force.
Unlike the first round of talks last October, the meeting that wrapped up on Thursday (May 16th) involved all Tunisian political parties.
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2013/05/21/feature-01
May 20, 2013
Two of Tunisia’s mobile operators have signed a deal with with backbone operator and cloud services provider Interoute for the deployment of a submarine cable connecting Tunisia to Europe.
Posted on May 20th, 2013
Tunisiana and Orange Tunisia announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Interoute, the owner operator of Europe’s largest next generation network, for the commissioning of a submarine cable, called Didon, connecting the city of Kélibia, Tunisia to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic network, via its landing station in Mazara del Vallo, Siciliy, Italy.
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